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Hace 2 días · The American Revolution—also called the U.S. War of Independence—was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783 through which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America, founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
- Peace of Paris
Peace of Paris, (1783), collection of treaties concluding...
- Stamp Act
Stamp Act, (1765), in U.S. colonial history, first British...
- Peace of Paris
Hace 18 horas · Date: 1765 to 1783: Location: Thirteen Colonies (1765–1775) United Colonies (1775–1781) United States (1781–1783) Outcome: Independence of the United States of America from Great Britain; Dissolution of British America, formation of British North America and Spanish Florida; End of the First British Empire; Began the Age of Revolution; World's first federal republic founded on the ...
Hace 3 días · The American Indian Wars, also known as the American Frontier Wars, and the Indian Wars, was a conflict initially fought by European colonial empires, and later on by the Confederate states of America, Republic of Texas, Mexico and the United States of America against various American Indian tribes in North America.These conflicts occurred from the time of the earliest colonial settlements in ...
Hace 2 días · The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule. Struggles for sovereignty in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War as a front in the larger Napoleonic Wars, between royalists who favored ...
Hace 3 días · Revolution and New Nation (1751-1815) Antebellum America (1816-1860) Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913) Modern America (1914-1929) Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Postwar America (1946-1975) Contemporary US (1976 to the present) Themes. Slavery and Abolition; Civil Rights and ...
Hace 1 día · Sarah Osborn was a servant in a blacksmith's household when she met and married Aaron Osborn, a Revolutionary war veteran, in 1780. When he re-enlisted as a commissary sergeant without informing her, Sarah agreed to accompany him. Sarah traveled with the Continental Army to the southern colonies working as a washerwoman and cook.
Hace 4 días · One of the original 13 star flags, the "Stars and Stripes" was probably the most commonly used variant. The American Stripes flag was flown on American Merchant Ships during the Revolutionary era. This unique flag was flown at the headquarters of General George Washington during most of the Revolutionary War.
